Back in NC over Easter weekend (hope you all had a happy one) and yesterday took the motorcycle "uptown" as they call it here into Charlotte. I put a few more photos on my flickr photo page (there is a link to it on this page) but wanted to share a few here. Like getting into Charlotte, it is a fun town, and has a lot of sights to explore. I covered a lot of ground in a few hours. There are of course a lot of tall buildings in fact this monument is right in front of one of them. The Bank of America Building (and this statue) sits at "Founders Square"; and that is the BOA building right behind the Mother and Child. There are four statues in the square.
This second photo is the NASCAR Hall of Fame Museum, which (if the newspaper is right) is due to open on May 11 of this year. Looks to be pretty close to done (at least on the outside). There are quite a few museums in Charlotte, including a really good science museum, quite a few history museums, a not too far away (at the airport) aviation museum and the new Bechtler Museum of Modern Art which is the photo directly below. Quite a lot to see and do downtown; Time Warner Cable Arena has Charlotte Bobcat basketball, Charlotte Checker hockey and during the year quite a few concerts of notes. There are some nice parks uptown, and nightclubs on College Street.
I enjoyed a great ride; ran all over downtown, went out to Myers Park to see the big houses and trees, wandered around one of the light rail stops to watch the train run, and made a stop at Mac's Speed Shop for some North Carolina style BBQ, and a visit with my fellow motorcyclists (its a popular motorcycle stop in Charlotte, NC). Always nice to be back, a nice time on a beautiful spring day. One of the best times of the year other than the green pollen which coats the cars literally overnight, but its a sign of good things to come in the Carolinas. Looking forward to a spring of great adventures both here and in Richmond, VA.
Back in NC over Easter weekend (hope you all had a happy one) and yesterday took the motorcycle "uptown" as they call it here into Charlotte. I put a few more photos on my flickr photo page (there is a link to it on this page) but wanted to share a few here. Like getting into Charlotte, it is a fun town, and has a lot of sights to explore. I covered a lot of ground in a few hours. There are of course a lot of tall buildings in fact this monument is right in front of one of them. The Bank of America Building (and this statue) sits at "Founders Square"; and that is the BOA building right behind the Mother and Child. There are four statues in the square. 
This second photo is the NASCAR Hall of Fame Museum, which (if the newspaper is right) is due to open on May 11 of this year. Looks to be pretty close to done (at least on the outside). There are quite a few museums in Charlotte, including a really good science museum, quite a few history museums, a not too far away (at the airport) aviation museum and the new Bechtler Museum of Modern Art which is the photo directly below. Quite a lot to see and do downtown; Time Warner Cable Arena has Charlotte Bobcat basketball, Charlotte Checker hockey and during the year quite a few concerts of notes. There are some nice parks uptown, and nightclubs on College Street. 
I enjoyed a great ride; ran all over downtown, went out to Myers Park to see the big houses and trees, wandered around one of the light rail stops to watch the train run, and made a stop at Mac's Speed Shop for some North Carolina style BBQ, and a visit with my fellow motorcyclists (its a popular motorcycle stop in Charlotte, NC). Always nice to be back, a nice time on a beautiful spring day. One of the best times of the year other than the green pollen which coats the cars literally overnight, but its a sign of good things to come in the Carolinas. Looking forward to a spring of great adventures both here and in Richmond, VA.
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